So Eli Manning and his three top receivers, Odell Beckham Jr., Victor Cruz, and Rueben Randle gathered together in Durham, North Carolina to work out at Duke University. Cruz let the cat out of the bag by posting a picture on his Instagram of the four playing basketball on the Cameron Indoor Stadium hardwood.

No word on whether the three receivers were practicing running routes for Manning, but given the stage of Cruz's rehab, having just started running on flat ground in his recovery from a torn patellar tendon, it's likely that this meet-up was more about establishing early chemistry.

Manning has already said that he is looking to take the Giants' offense to "another level" in 2015. Manning's performance really took off last season with Beckham's emergence, and having Cruz back at his familiar slot position along with continued improvement from Randle should give the Giants some dynamic weapons in the passing game.

In the same interview, Manning also said that Beckham and Cruz can be somewhat interchangeable in their roles because of Beckham's ability to play the slot, where he had an excellent 77.8 percent catch rate, according to Pro Football Focus. Even if Manning was not able to air it out on the field with his receivers, it seems like a no-brainer that they would discuss how they can maximize their roles in Ben McAdoo's West Coast system.

So if the Giants are sitting at midseason with a top five offense, perhaps we can look back at this early team bonding as a key starting point to achieving that goal.